The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-20
CONCERNING WOMEN.

The Chicago Womans Club has membership
OF over two hundred.
Women constitute two thirds of the church
members and only one fifth of the criminals OF
the country.
The leading philanthropic women in New
Orleans are endeavoring to secure the appoint
ment OF police matron in that city.
The workingmen of Baltimore are continu-
ing their small savings to start large co-opera-
tive shirt factory for sewing women.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar is in Leavenworth, Kan,
assisting the women in preparing for the effect
tive use of their ballots at the city election in
April
Mrs. NJ s. Durell and Miss A. L. Gebhard
have been awarded medal from the American
Institute for patented attachment for water
heating to steam radiators
Mr.. Norman W. Dodge, of New York, has
instituted prize of $780, to be awarded at each
annual exhibition, to the best picture painted in
the United States by woman.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake SAWS that the
whisky ring" spent thousands Of dellars to Sc
cure the defeat of the municipal woman suffrage
bill in the New York Assembly.
The growing interest of women in the study
of heredity and hygiene is illustrated by the fact
that over sixty thousand copies of DR. Alice b.
Stockham's "rokology" have been sold.
Melrose, Mass. the town in which Mrs. Liver.
more lives. has elected q woman as overseer of
the poor two women trustees of the public
library, and a fourth on the school board.
The Question is the name of a new weekly
started in New York city in the interests Of
workingwomen. Ellen S. Stowell is editor, and
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake is associate editor
Mrs. johnson. superintendent of the reform
atory prison for women, at Sherborn, Mass,
will introduce silk culture this spring as a per
manent feature for the employment of the pris-
oners.
The Boston woman doctor bids fair to make
herself known all over the world. She has nu-
merous Representative among the medical mis-.
sionarles in India and China. and now DR.. Laura
Weld. of Boston, has opened an Office in Ores
den Germany.
The astronomy class of Boston University az
ranged for star gazing party, with telescope
and other accessories to take place on the Com
mon. The night selected proved rough and
boy put in an appearance. The weather was
too cold for them
"holiday house." to give working women a
restful and enjoys able vacation, was started al
Babbicombe, South Dover. England, eight
years ago. Women who can afford it paw So a
week; others are received free. During the past
three years twelve hundred women have had
the benefits of the Holiday House.
The work of the Worlds w. C. T. u. has
grown SO rapidly. that two new departments
have been created for this Countrywide press
department, with Mrs. Clara A. Roach, OF
w dSuiuRtOns u u, as superintendent, ana tne
legal department, with the wife of Rev. DR..
Newman, of Washington, as superintendent
The woman suffrage constitutional amend
| ment in Rhode Island will be submitted to the
voters on April 6. The friends of the measure
are carrying vigorous campaign with Mrs
Livermore,. Mrs j. Ellen Foster Rev. Freder
lex A. Hinkley and other prominent speakers
Mrs. q. G. Wallace, of Indiana, has been called
upon TO assist.
The superintendent of the different depart
! ments of the Indiana Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union preparing a series of leaflets
leaflets have been issued as follows: "The
Opium Habit" by Mrs K Loftin: thine t.
Awaken" by Mrs. N. Tomlinson. and .'Socia
Purity" by Mrs R. r. Parker.